After Pittsburgh tied the score in the bottom of the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings [on Sunday, May 1], Cincinnati came away with a 6-5 win in 11 innings. Now pay attention: The Pirates are the only team since 1900 to have lost a home game in which they erased deficits in the seventh, eighth, and ninth, but amazingly they have done it three times. Pittsburgh previously lost such games in 1913 to the Reds and in 1955 to the New York Giants.Elias did not give the dates for the other two games, but I found them on Baseball Reference:
September 1, 1913 (G1)
Reds - 010 000 021 1 - 5 6 1 Pirates - 000 000 211 0 - 4 11 2August 20, 1955
Giants - 010 002 222 005 - 14 19 1 Pirates - 200 100 231 000 - 9 17 1May 1, 2016
Reds - 000 003 011 01 - 6 8 0 Pirates - 000 010 211 00 - 5 9 4
That is CRAZY... and another reason I love the game of baseball
ReplyDeleteFriggin baseball. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteThe MFY did something similar in last year's 19-inning game with the Sox. They erased deficits in the 9th, 16th and 18th, and lost in the 19th. I was at that game, it was unbelievable.
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